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Billi Cusick is an internationally-known pediatric physical therapist whose specialty is the management of lower extremity deformity, particularly in children with cerebral palsy and other CNS deficits. Please see her current schedule for upcoming workshops or presentations. |
The Official Bio
Beverly Cusick, PT, MS, COF received her BS in PT from Bouve College at Northeastern University (Boston) in 1972. She is NDT basic- and baby-trained. Since 1978 she has written or co-authored numerous publications, including:
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Serial Casting for the Restoration of Soft-Tissue Extensibility in the Ankle and Foot (3rd Edition, 2007)
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Progressive Casting and Splinting for Lower Extremity Deformity in Children with Neuromotor Dysfunction (1990), a full-length text
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Serial Casts: Their Use in the Management of Spasticity-Induced Foot Deformity (1990), an illustrated manual
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Legs & Feet: A Review of Musculoskeletal Assessments (1997), an instructional videotape
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Lower Extremity Developmental Features (2000), a home study monograph for the APTA's Orthopedic Section
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Serial Casting to Restore Soft Tissue Extensibility in the Ankle and Foot (2000), a monograph
- Cast Fabrication Techniques #1: The FlexCast Preparatory AFO (2000), a videotape and manual set.
She has guest lectured at annual conferences of the APTA, the NDTA, and the American Academy of CP and Developmental Medicine, in the US and Canada; and at the ISPO Consensus Conference for Orthotics in CP.
Since 1977, Ms. Cusick has conducted over 300 courses and guest presentations in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. She's also toured Australia three times, twice as a guest instructor for the Australian Physiotherapy Association's Pediatric Special Interest Group.
Beginning in 1976, Ms. Cusick worked for 9 years on staff at Children's Rehabilitation Center (now the Kluge Center) in Charlottesville, VA. She then taught pediatrics-related courses for 3 years as a member of the PT Education faculty of the College of Health Related Professions at MUSC in Charleston, SC. In Charleston, she also initiated and directed PT services for the Division of Developmental Disabilities at the Medical University of South Carolina.
In 1988, she earned an MS in Clinical and College Teaching for Allied Health Professionals at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she also consulted for Cardinal Hill Hospital's Head Trauma and Pediatrics teams. She then served for 4 years, offering assistance and consultation to the PT Department of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Since 1993 Ms. Cusick has been consulting and practicing privately in Telluride, Colorado. There, she devotes most of her professional effort to generating literature and educational materials, developing therapeutic products, and teaching and consultation.
Since 2002, she has served as the President/Chief Medical Officer of TheraTogs, Inc. which designs and manufactures customizable physical rehabilitation systems that are worn under the client's clothing to address neuromotor, orthopedic, and postural conditions in children and adults.
A curriculum vita is available upon request.
